CALEB S. FRIGERIO

Phone: 630-***-****: Email: ac8jyt@r.postjobfree.com

Chicago, Illinois

TRIAL ATTORNEY & GENERAL PRACTITIONER

Experienced and accomplished trial attorney, with more than fourteen years of jury and bench trial experience, including criminal, civil, state and federal. Practiced as daily trial, motions, and hearings prosecutor for almost nine years. Extensive history with trial preparation, case management, discovery, filings, and pleadings. Excellent legal research and writing skills.

LICENSES

Illinois Bar, Active License in Good Standing Number 6318452 Dec., 2014

Federal Court, Northern District of Illinois Number 6318452 Mar., 2016

Virginia Bar, Associate License in Good Standing Number 70085 May, 2005

EDUCATION

JD Pepperdine University School of Law 83.82/88.00gpa (Top27%) May, 2004

BA University of St. Francis 3.87/4.00gpa Aug., 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Discovery Review: Robert Half; Kroll; Hire Counsel; Morae Global; MW&E; Chicago, IL Feb., 2017 – Jan., 2019

• Proficient in Relativity, Stratify, Catalyst, Concordance, Introspect, and other reviewing software.

• Conflict, relevance, privilege log and confidentiality reviews. Quality control, and second round reviews. First to last return documents. Redaction experience.

• Experience with pharmaceutical, financial, and environmental class actions. Antirust, personal injury, worker’s compensation, and contract performance and breach litigation experience also.

• Work closely with a number of other attorneys, and supervisors, to ensure all documents are thoroughly reviewed and properly coded, and flagged, or noted for further review and inspection.

Sole Practitioner: Caleb S. Frigerio, Esq.; Chicago, IL Feb., 2017 – Jan., 2019

• Represent private clients drawn from the public in civil, criminal, probate, family and bankruptcy proceedings.

• Conduct depositions, propound and answer all necessary written discovery, prepare pleadings and motions in all manner of tort litigation. Conduct and cover all necessary appearances, hearings, arbitrations and trials in court.

• Draft, file, research and present necessary motions and pleadings in the above areas, in multiple jurisdictions.

• Handle all cases from beginning to end; from intake, through settlement and case closing.

Senior Trial Attorney: Howard Pomper & Associates, Chicago, IL March, 2016 – Feb., 2017

• Lead attorney in a small firm, focused on meeting the needs of a variety of clients, primarily personal injury, but also including worker’s compensation, criminal, probate, estates, bankruptcy, divorce, and family law generally.

• Handled cases, and clients, in all matters of marriage dissolution and child custody disputes, including financial, property, visitation, and restraining orders. Reviewed, corrected and closed older cases handled by the firm.

• Conducted countless depositions. Propounded and answered all required discovery. Designed discovery goals.

• Met with clients routinely to discuss options and arrange services. Advised and mentored junior attorneys. Reviewed and filed all documents and pleadings necessary to prosecute cases in all of the above areas.

• Appeared in court daily on old and new cases, conducting motions, hearings or trials, and other related matters, as needed, in multiple jurisdictions. Conducted numerous arbitrations.

Associate Attorney: Peter F. Ferracuti & Associates, Ottawa, IL June, 2015 – Dec., 2015

• One of five associate attorneys in a growing, reputable firm, representing a diverse clientele, focusing on workers’ compensation and personal injury. Worked extensively in everything from probate to family law.

• Conducted all stages of client representation, from initial interviewing and counseling, to filing, managing, and negotiating and settling or trying and appealing cases, as needed, from criminal to probate, and employment law.

• Researched real property title matters, formed evaluations and conducted closings.

• Responsible for the full range of duties as an associate in a general practice firm, serving the public generally.

Sole Practitioner: Caleb S. Frigerio, Esq., Willowbrook, IL Oct., 2013 – June, 2015 • Wrote criminal defense appeal briefs for former colleagues in Virginia, working from Illinois.

• Represented and advised a group of clients in civil matters, including divorce, probate, wills, trusts, business formations, and related matters. Assisted clients in real estate sales, closings, and leasing and easement issues.

Prosecuting Attorney: Stafford County Commonwealth Attorney’s Office, Stafford VA July, 2005 – Oct., 2013

• Nine years as a county criminal prosecutor, assistant to the elected prosecuting county attorney.

• Tried over one-hundred jury trials and over one-thousand bench trials, both felonies and misdemeanors, ranging in seriousness from traffic offenses to rape and murder.

Routinely assigned to handle, from the investigative stages to trial, all vehicular manslaughter and serious felony cases involving motor vehicles, industrial or commercial machinery, or engineering.

Prosecuted active and cold-case murders, ranging from stabbings and shootings, to abductions and felony-murder. Partnered in several capital murder prosecutions.

Extensive experience prosecuting white collar larceny, embezzlement, general fraud, computer and identity fraud cases, working closely with various local and federal criminal investigative agencies.

Cooperated with all law enforcement; county, state, FBI, ATF, DEA, State Department and NCIS.

• Prosecuted hundreds of driving under the influence cases, misdemeanors and felonies, both bench and jury.

• Conducted several hundred probable cause and preliminary hearings in court and Grand Jury proceedings.

• Controlled and managed the dockets and daily proceedings of both Circuit and General District Courts.

• Filed and argued responses and motions in-limine, motions to suppress, and all other required motions.

• Wrote and filed more than one-hundred appellate briefs to both Courts of Appeal and Supreme Courts.

• Advised law enforcement personnel from three counties, state and federal level, routinely.

• Taught criminal justice and constitutional law classes at police roll-call, and local police academies, monthly.

• Interviewed, trained, supervised and mentored numerous new attorneys and colleagues.

Law School Internships: Dept. of Justice, Los Angeles, CA; D.A.’s Office, Ventura Co., CA May, 2002 – May, 2004 Owner & Operator: Caleb’s Car Care, Plainfield Illinois; Auto and Truck Repair Jan., 1996 – Dec., 2000

AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES

FINRA Arbitrator, Dispute Resolution; National Arbitration & Mediation Committee Certification. 2018

Department of State, Diplomatic Security Service Award for Special Prosecution 2012

Homicide Investigators Association Certification 2008

CALI Legal Academic Achievement Award 2003

Witkin Award for Legal Academic Excellence 2003

Advanced WESTLAW, and LEXIS NEXIS Certifications 2003

Pinnacle, Phi Theta Kappa, and American Scholars National Honor Societies 2000

Law School and Undergraduate Academic Scholarships 2001

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in all Microsoft Office and Windows applications and interfaces. Also Relativity, Stratify, Catalyst, Concordance, Introspect, Case Management, Amicus, Abacus, Pro-law, Citrix, and more.

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